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Initiative for Cross-Institutional Student Collaboration

Established in 2021, the GADE Initiative for Cross-Institutional Student Collaboration is a mechanism designed to engage students across universities around social work doctoral education topics, with an emphasis on centering student roles, leadership, and perspectives. Selected initiatives will result in sharing of information among institutions and serve as catalysts for discussion and potential new directions and opportunities within diverse social work programs. 

The winner will be provided a certificate and a $2,500 award at the GADE Reception at the Annual Conference of the Society of Social Work and Research.

*Applications open annually on September 15 and are due on October 31 at 11:59pm Eastern. Be sure to subscribe to our Email Updates to be the first to know when applications are live!

 

Current Grantees

2024: Count on Me: An Exploration of the Factors that Shape Perceptions of Social Support Among Black Women in Social Work Research Doctoral Programs
Project Leads: Kenyette Garrett (University of Tennessee-Knoxville), Evelyn Coker (University of Wisconsin-Madison), and Chesney Ward (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)

Garrett et al.'s project seeks to conduct a study about perceptions of social support among Black women students in resident social work doctorate programs and engage students and faculty in discussions of this issue through the presentation of study results.

  • Objective 1: Investigate variation in Black women-identifying PhD students’ perceptions of social support by age, marital status, parental status, length of time in the profession, licensure status, residency status, and MSW obtainment.
  • Objective 2: Examine differences and commonalities among students’ perceptions of social support according to demographic factors.
  • Objective 3: Examine how perceptions of support and lack of support contribute to success or lack of success in Black women students’ doctoral programs.

 

Grantees

2024: Count on Me: An Exploration of the Factors that Shape Perceptions of Social Support Among Black Women in Social Work Research Doctoral Programs
Project Leads: Kenyette Garrett (University of Tennessee-Knoxville), Evelyn Coker (University of Wisconsin-Madison), and Chesney Ward (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)

2023: Pushing Us Out? Assessing the Needs of Academic Parents in Social Work Doctoral Education
Project Leads: Gabrielle Aquino-Adriatico (University of Houston), Joanna La Torre (University of Washington), Gabriela Mohr (University of Houston), and Jessica Ramirez (University of Washington)

2022: Students from Migrant Backgrounds in Doctoral Programs in Social Work: Increasing Access and Creating Conditions for Success
Project Leads: Tanzilya Oren (Fordham University), Agnes N. Nzomene Kahouo Foda (University of South Carolina), and Maryam Rafieifar (Florida International University)